Up Front is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Alexander Hall and starring Tom Ewell and David Wayne very loosely based on Bill Mauldin's World War II characters Willie and Joe. Mauldin repudiated it and refused his advising fee; he claimed never to have seen it.[2] It takes place during the Italian Campaign of World War II.
| Up Front | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Alexander Hall |
| Screenplay by | Stanley Roberts |
| Produced by | Leonard Goldstein |
| Starring | David Wayne Tom Ewell Marina Berti |
| Cinematography | Russell Metty |
| Edited by | Milton Carruth |
| Music by | Joseph Gershenson |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Universal-International |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.95 million (US rentals)[1] |
Plot
editBased on the famed W.W.II cartoons: Lowbrow G.I.s Willie and Joe, on the Italian front, are good soldiers in combat, but meet the antics of gung-ho Captain Johnson and other military snafus with a barrage of wry comments. On a 3-day pass in Naples, Joe's penchant for wine and women involves the pair with luscious Emi Rosso and her moonshiner father, whose tangled affairs land them in ever deeper trouble.
Cast
edit- David Wayne as Joe
- Tom Ewell as Willie
- Marina Berti as Emi Rosso
- Jeffrey Lynn as Capt. Ralph Johnson
- Richard Egan as Capa
- Maurice Cavell as Vuaglio
- Vaughn Taylor as MP Maj. Lester
- Silvio Minciotti as Poppa Rosso
- Paul Harvey as Col. Akeley
- Roger De Koven as Sabatelli
- Grazia Narciso as Signora Carvadossi
- Tito Vuolo as Tarantino
- Mickey Knox as Driver
- Hal Baylor as Smitty
- John Doucette as Walsh
- William Frambes as Rogers
- Henry Rowland as Krausmeyer
- Kenneth Tobey as Cooper
- Arthur Space as Col. Hayes
- James Seay as Lt. Ferguson
- Harlan Warde as Lt. Myers
- Selmer Jackson as General
- Eugene Borden as French Captain
- Vito Scotti as Sergeant Clerk
- John McGuire as Military Police Lieutenant
- James Flavin as Military Policeman
- Peter Graves as Military Policeman
- Ann Tyrrell as Nurse
- Midge Ware as Nurse
- Gino Corrado as Waiter
- Lucille Barkley as Nurse Receptionist
- Pat Carroll as Italian Girl
References
edit- ^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1951', Variety, January 2, 1952
- ^ DePastino, Todd (2008). Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company. p. 247. ISBN 978-0-393-33488-3.
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